Improvement in window and door-cap mouldings



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JOSEPHl PARKIN AND JAMES H. SMITH, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters .Patent No. 97,548, dated December 7, 1,5869.

IMROVEMENT I-Nwmnow AND Doon-'CAP MOULDINGS.

The vSchedule referred lto in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

. .wiudowecap Figure 3 represents the samel when joined together.

Like lettersof reference referto like parts in the different views.

The invention consists of a moulding cut in circular form from sheet-metal, and made into form by rolling instead of hammering, and is. used for ornamenting door and window-caps.

' A represents a section of a moulding on window or door-caps, the curves and ,projections of which are shown at B as the'ace of the moulding, which is an end view of the saine.

G, tig. 2, is another section, the curves or projections of which are shown at D. The two may be connected together or not, as desired.

Fig. 3 represents the two sections when secured together, the two edges overlapping, as shown at E.

Thesewindow-caps are made by a machine, for which your petitioners have obtained Letters Patent, and which requires no dies, swages, stamps, or. hammering to give the forms required. Y

rlhe metal is cut/.to the curve desired, ,and passed through between the rollers of the machine,vwhich give it the form desired. These rollers may be of any configuration or form, being detachable.

The caps may be rolled in one entire piece, or` in sections, which may then be secured together, and the caps rolled inA this inauner are smooth the entire length, and do notpresent 'the crimped or buckled appearance or hannner-inarks/ as whenl made in the ordinary way, which is done by means of hammering, or by dies or Vswagesl In such cases they are 'made up of sections and soldered together at the ends and sides, thus presenting a rough, uneven appearance.

By'rolling, they can vbe made more easily, quicker, and'at less cost; also, they may he made cfa less expensive quality of iron, as it requires 11o hammering,

which Will cause the iron to crack, if not of a superior'.

kind, when made inthe ordinary way.

rIhe cap, when made in this manner, is just as durable and strong as when made of a more ,ductile andlexpensive iron, `which is required'in the present mode of manufacture'. 4

We are aware that mouldings have' been made in sheetme'tal, by passing such sheet-metal through between rollers; Vbut such sheet-metalV passes through between the rollers in a straight line, and at right angles with the axis of the rollers, while in our method the sheet-metal from which'the moulding is made is, in shape, the areof a circle before passing between the rollers, which give the shape ot' the moulding.

We are also aware that m'ouldings have been formed Y upon sheet-metal by rollers, when such sheet-metal is to befibrrned into, and used for-,culinary or householdmatters,'such asf'table c plates, salvers, platters, and dishes of various kinds. Such moulding we do not claim, as we wsl to introduc'ejnto use a metal moulding to be used foi: architectural ornamentation, and so that it can be Vpurchasedin the market for such purpose,

and at little cost to the'purchaser, and is distinct from mouldingsg made' u'pon articles for other purposes, and upon the same metal that forms such article.

N hat we claim as our improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The metall moulding, constructed in the manner above described, as a'new article of manufacture.

JOSEPH PAIt'KIN. .JAMES II. SMITH'.

Witnesses:

W, H. Brummen, E. E. WAITE. 

